The Senate has passed a six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) brushed off questions surrounding his leadership and defended his decision to vote to advance the six-month GOP-crafted continuing resolution (CR) ...

Author: Scott Wong, Frank Thorp V, Julie Tsirkin, and Kate Santaliz (NBC News) WASHINGTON (NBC News) – The Senate passed a ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday on a key procedural vote to advance a bill that would ultimately avert a government shutdown at midnight, despite intensifying pressure from across the ...

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting for the measure Friday, but he said there was "very little" he liked about it. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses ...

In interview, the Senate minority leader said intraparty critics underestimated the dangers of a funding lapse.